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A rally held at a convenience store

A group of Jackson protesters at a gas station on Northside Drive and Bailey Avenue say the store should be closed down for good.

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Updated: 10:24 PM CDT Apr 26, 2015

A rally held at a convenience store

A group of Jackson protesters at a gas station on Northside Drive and Bailey Avenue say the store should be closed down for good.

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Updated: 10:24 PM CDT Apr 26, 2015

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WEBVTT DRIVE AND BAILEY AVENUE SAY THESTORE SHOULD BE CLOSED DOWN FORGOOD.16 WAPT'S JENNIFER ORTEGA ISLIVE IN THENEWSOOM WITH MORE ON THECONVENIENCESTORE CONTROVERSY.SCOTT -- THIS DEBATE HAS BEEN ONGOINGSINCE LAST YEAR, WHEN THE STOREWASBUSTED FOR OPIUM AND STOLENGOODS...PROTESTERS I SPOKE TOSAY THEYWANT TO SEE SOMETHING DONE.LETS SHUT THIS STORE DOWN ANDEVERY STORE LIKE THIS THAT'SSELLING DRUGS. PROTESTERS LINEDTHE CORNER IN FRONT OF EXPRESSFUEL ONNORTHSIDE DRIVE AND BAILEYAVENUE----SAYING THE STORE SHOULD CLOSEDOWNPERMANENTLY.THEY'RE NOT HERE FOR THE PEOPLE,THEY'RE NOT RESPECTING APERSON'S DOLLAR. FIGHTING STOLENGOODS CLEARLY FROM PEOPLE INTHE COMMUNITY AND ACROSS STREETFROM A SCHOOL, COME ON.THIS COMES AFTER ARRESTS WEREMADELAST YEAR AT THE STORE FOR OPIUMPOSSESSION AND POSSESSING STOLENGOODS. EARLIER THIS MONTH,ARRESTS WERE MADE THERE ONCHARGES OFSELLING SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA.WE FEEL LIKE THE STORE SHOULD BEREMOVED AND THE STORE OWNERSNEED TO BE SENT BACK WHERE THEYCOME FROM. WE NEED TO DOSOMETHING AND IT NEEDS TO BENOW. STANLEY WESLEY WITH A GROUPCALLING ITSELF, "RESPECT OURBLACK DOLLARS" ---BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE IN A CITYCOUNICLMEETING LAST TUESDAY BUT SAYS HEHASN'THEARD BACK.STANLEY WESLEY - RESPECT OURBLACK DOLLARS: THE STORESHOULD'VE BEEN LABELED ANUISANCE TO THE COMMUNITY A YEARAND A HALF AGO THEY GOT BUSTEDWITH OPIUM-BASED AND STOLENGOODS AND NOW WERE TAKING OURCONCERNS TO THE CITIZENS. WETRIED TO TALK TO STORE OPERATORSTODAY ...BUT NO ONE WANTED TOSPEAK.ONE CUSTOMER SAYS SHE HAS NOPROBLEMWITH THE STORE--- AND THAT ITSHOULD BEALLOWED TO STAY OPEN.THE PEOPLE IN HERE ARE REALLYNICE, THEY'RE REAL GENEROUSTO PEOPLE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUTDRUGS IN HERE, I AIN'T SEENDRUGS IN HERE YET. I THINK THESTORE NEEDS TO STAY OPEN FORGOOD.THE CITY DESERVES BETTER, OURCHILDREN DESERVE BETTERRIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IN THESCHOOL. IF THIS HAD BEEN MADISONCOUNTY OR RANKIN COUNTY WEWOULDN'T BE HAVING THISCONVERSATION. AN ONGOING DEBATEIN A NEIGHBORHOOD TORN OVER ASTORESTAYING OR BEING FORCED TO SHUTDOWN. IN JACKSON, JENNIFERORTEGA 16 WAPT NEWS.AND WE JUST LEARNED --- POLICEHAVE ARRESTED STORE OWNERDESMONDBROWN FOR DESTRUCTION OF CITYPROPERTY, FAILURE TO OBEY,LITTERING ANDOBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC. JPDWOULDNOT OFFER ANYMORE DETAILSSURROUNDINGTHE ARREST.IN THE NEWSROOM, JENNIFER ORTEGA16WAPT NEWS.NEW AT TEN DOZENS OF PEOPLECAME OUT TO JULEP TONIGHT TO

A rally held at a convenience store

A group of Jackson protesters at a gas station on Northside Drive and Bailey Avenue say the store should be closed down for good.